Digital Transnational Repression in a Distinct Domain
Diaspora Dissent and Digital Transnational Repression
di•as•po•ra
/daɪˈæspərə/ noun
“[A] social collectivity that exists across state borders that has succeeded over time to (1) sustain a collective national, cultural, or religious identity through a sense of internal cohesion and sustained ties with a real or imagined homeland and (2) display an ability to address the collective interests of members of the social collectivity through a developed internal organizational framework and transnational links”
At Home
Abroad
“Horizontal” networks at home 🏡
(Brinkerhoff 2009; Alonso and Oiarzabal 2010; Bernal 2020)
“Vertical” networks abroad 🌏
(Keck and Sikkink 1999; Michaelsen 2018; Esberg and Siegel 2020)
At Home
Abroad
“Horizontal” networks at home 🏡
(Brinkerhoff 2009; Alonso and Oiarzabal 2010; Bernal 2020)
“Vertical” networks abroad 🌏
(Keck and Sikkink 1999; Michaelsen 2018; Esberg and Siegel 2020)
Digital Transnational Repression (DTR)
The use of digital tools to intimidate, threaten, and silence regime critics in diaspora communities
Political Control on Foreign Platforms
Determinants of/implications for state strategy
… foreign platforms are becoming increasingly accommodating to adversarial political actors.
Covert and targeted
Overt and targeted
Covert and indiscriminate
Overt and indiscriminate
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